I have to admit I was slightly surprised at the number of Democrats who woke up yesterday insisting January 6, 2021, in which one person was shot and killed storming the United States Capitol and several police officers were viciously assaulted, some of whom subsequently died of heart attacks or other issues, was somehow a worse day in American history than September 11, 2001, in which 19 terrorists killed 2,977 Americans. But it happened.
It is a measure of political brokenness, I think, to think January 6, 2021, was a worse day in history for Americans than September 11, 2001. Politically, okay, sure, I understand your point. But as an act of “terrorism?” Really?
Donald Trump, bull in the china shop, broke many things, including the brains of many of his opponents. His chief skill was making others become and behave exactly as they claim he is.
You should see this exchange between Chuck Todd and Kamala Harris for more.
The Democrats are intent on making January 6, 2021, the theme of their midterm election. Concurrently, they continue to fund Republican campaigns of candidates who think the election was stolen and January 6 was no big deal. It is political cynicism designed to rile up the Democrats’ base and is politically opportunistic. If January 6 is worse than September 11, it’d be like funding Al Qaeda while claiming they’re so dangerous they must be stopped.
Concurrently, on the other side of the aisle, there is a large contingent of people defining themselves as exactly opposite the Democrats. This is the most remarkable and unremarked part of American politics today.
Too many people on both sides of the aisle are defining themselves not by their core convictions but instead setting the convictions to be exactly the opposite of what the other side is advocating for.
Joe Biden could annihilate a significant portion of his opposition today if he came out and declared that breathing and oxygen are good. A good portion of the new right would hold their breath and die out of the firm conviction that if Joe Biden is for it, they must absolutely, positively be against it.
Which brings me to Ukraine.
I understand and share the concerns of those who think Congress needs to step in and actually appropriate money for Ukraine instead of the President just throwing money at them.
I cannot understand those who are absolutely insistent we should let the Russians have their way with the place.
Many of the same people who think we should not be involved with the Ukrainians are equally upset the Obama Administration scrapped our two-front war doctrine. Prior to Obama, it was the policy objective of the United States that we should be able to fight and win two wars on two fronts concurrently. Obama scaled that back to hold ground on one front while we win on the other.
If you haven't been paying attention, the Russians and Chinese are slowly building up their own axis of evil. The Russians are not our friends but our rivals. The Russians will not stop at Ukraine but will use it as a launching pad for pushing further into Europe.
We don’t have to fight Russia so long as we help the Ukrainians fight Russia and test the weapons systems we designed in theory to beat Russia. So far, the designs are holding up. It is a very good thing to help Ukraine, despite the country’s faults.
Many of the people most vocally opposed are nothing more than professional contrarians who would be cheering on the effort if a Republican President were helping Ukraine.
We should not let Biden’s leadership deter us from wanting to stop the Russians. At no point in modern history have the Russians really been our partners and friends outside of a few years post cold war. It is a willing nieveité on the part of the vocal opposition to be opposed. If we do not deal with Russia against Ukraine, eventually, the American Republic will be called upon to see if it will keep its word to its allies. Many of those who oppose helping Ukraine are more and more hinting they don’t think we have any obligation to allies so long as they are not in charge.
That’s not really American or America first. It’s broken promises, failed commitments, and a return to a world where other nations seek to lead. We should want no other nation in first place.
Too many people on both sides of the aisle are defining themselves not by their core convictions but instead setting the convictions to be exactly the opposite of what the other side is advocating for...
I agree 1000% but feel I must add "physician, heal thyself" along with it. Too many times recently I've seen you stoop to anti-anti-Trumpism to appeal to your Trumpkin audience. Your recent cheap shot at Dick Cheney still sticks in my mind - Cheney did not say Trump was the more dangerous than other problems facing this country as you accused him, he said Trump was the most dangerous character in public life to American values, a position I think you would agree with off camera and away from microphones. Whenever this country has been betrayed by demagogues the primary problem has not been the Joe McCarthy's or Huey Long's themselves, it's been the wimps that allowed them to get away with it. Exhibit A today could be Milquetoast Marco Rubio, a man I fervently supported in 2016, and his sniveling about Trump's theft of public records.
Why would we ever be in favor of supporting a war in another country when there is an invasion of our country that the Biden administration is allowing to happen? He actually denies it's happening. Borders are swarmed, private property is overran, human trafficking with children abused, drugs causing masses of overdoses/deaths, gangs, terrorists, crimes, national financial burden---this is war on a nation.